LMCane said:

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Aggie09Derek said:

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Not technically guaranteed

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I bought $5000 of the EMAZAL Israel Bonds at 5.28%

when you say "technically" do you mean that the government could just decide not to repay you?

or that Tel Aviv might be nuked and unable to pay.

the Israel Bonds salesman claims they have 9 billion in savings in case something happens to backstop all the bonds being redeemed.

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My 30 second googling of these makes it seem like the juice isnt worth the squeeze on these. Is it true you can only buy $5000 per person per month and they are held on their platform so difficult to hold them in an IRA?

Today was one of those good days to have a 60-40.

oragator said:

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Today was one of those good days to have a 60-40.

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Definitely, bonds up a percent and stocks down a couple

There are other alternatives to bonds that have a low correlation to the market that have higher than bond returns.

I've been adding some etf's from AQR that have a little lower beta and look like good returns.
Also some ALLW.

My thinking is if the market really tanks, I'm ok selling all the AGG and moving it into stocks, and then replenishing that over time.

5 year rule for me. Anything I don't need in that timeframe is in stocks.

chris1515 said:

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My thinking is if the market really tanks, I'm ok selling all the AGG and moving it into stocks, and then replenishing that over time.

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Im thinking the same, especially after it popped up a percent Friday